JP Kids Announces Acquisition of react.com

Posted on October 30, 2000

JP Kids, Inc., an independent kids' media company, has purchased react.com, an online destination for teens, from Parade Publications.

James Steyer, Chairman and CEO of JP Kids, Inc., envisions a bright future as react.com joins the JP Kids family. ``Providing fun, high quality media to kids is our goal and react.com is a sterling example of authentic, relevant, age appropriate content. In addition, this acquisition is consistent with our convergence strategy to develop properties online, on TV and across multiple media platforms.''

JP Kids developed the Disney Channel original series The Famous Jett Jackson. JP Kids and Yahoo! are jointly developing Yahooligans! as a multiple media franchise for television, film, books and the internet. JP Kids' international television partners include, among others, Millimages (France), RTV Family Entertainment (Germany), and Alliance Atlantis (Canada). The company is headquartered in San Francisco, with production/sales offices in New York and Los Angeles.